Carrier profile · USDOT 389881 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

M R Williams Inc

31 power unitsavg 5.5 yrRegional · 6 statesHENDERSON, NC87/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksmrwilliams.comFMCSA SAFER

Safety

Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 26.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 34 vehicle and 65 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

30.0% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 13.0 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

64 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 7

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 31-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
31
Inspections · 24 mo
65
Annualized
≈33 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

54%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
73%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
31%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving16 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

16 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 7, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
15Drove over hours

Crash history· 34 total · 3 in 24 mo

34
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
15
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252022
20242012
20232012
20221001
20201001
20192022
20185035
20163003
20153013
20142022
20132012
20121001
20103003
20071001
20051011
20021001
19961011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 5, 2026VA00Yes
Sep 4, 2025NC01Yes
Jan 28, 2025NC01Yes
Apr 11, 2024SC01Yes
Mar 4, 2024NC00Yes
Dec 22, 2023VA01Yes
Apr 27, 2023VA00Yes
Feb 28, 2022NC00Yes
Feb 18, 2020NC00Yes
Sep 23, 2019VA01Yes
Jun 17, 2019NC01Yes
Nov 9, 2018NC01Yes
Sep 18, 2018SC02Yes
May 19, 2018VA00Yes
Feb 8, 2018NC02Yes
Jan 8, 2018NC00Yes
Oct 11, 2016NC00Yes
Jul 28, 2016NC00Yes
Apr 29, 2016NC00Yes
Jul 3, 2015NC01Yes
Jun 3, 2015NC00Yes
Apr 7, 2015NC00Yes
Nov 26, 2014VA01Yes
Mar 14, 2014NC02Yes
Dec 10, 2013NC03Yes